diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c4fca0573bb7..d15e856d94a5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4c30c6f566c0989ddaee3407da44751e340a63ed
+refs/heads/master: 439423f6894aa0dec22187526827456f5004baed
diff --git a/trunk/mm/vmscan.c b/trunk/mm/vmscan.c
index 22631e0994b3..b7719ec10dc5 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2529,6 +2529,9 @@ static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
 					high_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0)) {
 				end_zone = i;
 				break;
+			} else {
+				/* If balanced, clear the congested flag */
+				zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
 			}
 		}
 		if (i < 0)